| Unit name | Postcolonial Imaginings |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ENGLM3024 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Punter |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of English |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces students to something of the range and depth of postcolonial writing in the last fifty years. Relevant materials will include fiction and poetry, and there will also be opportunities to discover something about the current preoccupations of postcolonial criticism and theory.
A greater and more discriminating knowledge and understanding of postcolonial writing.
1 x 2 hour seminar per week, plus 1-to-1 discussion in consultation hours where desired.
1 essay of 4,000 words and a 1000-word presentation in class.
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Andrea Levy, Small Island V.S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things Salman Rushdie, The Moors Last Sigh Derek Walcott, Collected Poems 1948-1984
